Did you love last night’s premiere of Fox’s newest sci-fi series Almost Human? Karl Urban (Star Trek, Lord of the Rings) and Michael Ealy make a great team: broken (emotionally and physically future cop and his android partner: cyborg with a poet’s soul. (Don’t worry if you missed the premiere; you can catch it on Fox.com.)

In tonight’s episode, Detective John Kennex (Urban) and Dorian (Ealy) dive into the steamy world of Intimate Robot Companions (IRCs), also known as “sexbots.” At the same time, the newly woken Kennex tries to begin again, putting the pieces of his life back together. Almost Human airs tonight, November 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET on Fox, just before Fox’s other terrific new series Sleepy Hollow (which keeps getting better and better as the show and its stars really begin to hit their strides. So, tune it at 7:00 and stay for two terrific hours of TV.

About Barbara Barnett

Barbara Barnett is Publisher/Executive Editor of Blogcritics, (blogcritics.org). Her Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel, called "Anne Rice meets Michael Crichton," The Apothecary's Curse The Apothecary's Curse is now out from Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus Books.
Her book on the TV series House, M.D., Chasing Zebras is a quintessential guide to the themes, characters and episodes of the hit show. Barnett is an accomplished speaker, an annual favorite at MENSA's HalloWEEM convention, where she has spoken to standing room crowds on subjects as diverse as "The Byronic Hero in Pop Culture," "The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes," "The Hidden History of Science Fiction," and "Our Passion for Disaster (Movies)."